Resource Optimization in Mobile Communication Networks With User Profile-Based Algorithms

In mobile communications networks, Location Management enables the roaming of the user in the coverage area. The employment of the call and mobility patterns of the user can help minimize the signaling costs involved in Location Management, and optimize the available radio resources. In this paper, the authors carry out an exhaustive analysis of the location update costs involved in a user profile-based Location Management algorithm, and compare its performance with the classical strategy of static location areas.